Biographical Note:

Carey C. Leonard was born August 39, 1921, in Rock Lake, Pennsylvania, the son of Mathew and Mary Leonard. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he was employed at International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation in Endicott, New York. He was married to Mary E. McLean, and they had nine children. He died December 14, 2008.

Scope and Content Note:

This is a collection of papers and photographs related to the history of the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation in Endicott, New York. Textual materials focus on employee education, training classes, and workshops as well as the career of Carey C. Leonard. The photographs, consisting of prints reproduced from originals held by IBM Archives, include views of buildings, training classes, manufacturing operations, and products and services.

Box and Folder List:

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Folder

Description

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Textual Records

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History and development of International Business Machines Corporation (12 p.)

Punching In, 1926 (image of workers lined-up at the beginning of their shift to “punch in” or enter their time of arrival at a time recording clock stationed along the wall)

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Endicott School – Steps to Knowledge, 1956 (set of steps leading from one corridor to another – engraved on the risers in ascending order Read, Listen, Discuss, Observe, and Think)

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NORC – Naval Ordinance Research Calculator, 1954 (image of a man working on a panel of electronic circuits)

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EAM – Electronic Accounting Machine – Installation, 1940 (image of an office showing people at work on various types of data processing machines)

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“Frederick Hotel, Endicott, ca. 1965 (image of the exterior of the hotel)

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[Customer Engineering] Recruiting (sign in the window of IBM office building advertising employment opportunities for qualified individuals ; sign reads: “Are you familiar with tools and instruments like these? Are you interested in a technical career? Apply third floor Customer Engineering Dept.)

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[Card Manufacturing, Endicott, 1937] (image of an assembly line that produces and packages tabulating cards)